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Ruckus46Gt

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I love the sound with the bassani cat back and prochamber but i might have to take it off. With my springs and that its hanging way to low. I scrape the ***** out of my car going in my driveway any ideas on what to do? If i change my shocks from the 3 setting to 5 setting would that maybe help it or probely not? I hope i didnt just spend my money on it and now have to pay more money to take it off
 

Ruckus46Gt

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oh yea my other question is how long till i should throw a code since i dont have cats.....I've gone 100 miles and still no code. I have a predator to take away the code but wanted to see how long it would take to throw one. Anyone get an offroad pipe and not need to put them on?
 
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03gtmustang

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A lot of peoples midpipes scrape, go up your driveway sideways. Did you have someone install the midpipe for you?? Thats a waste of money, do the install yourself.
 

1low03gt

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I scrape all the time aswell,when i come to speed pumps,certain driveways,ect,ect........ .
And that is with both factory h pipe, and my mac h pipe with cats.
All part of the fun!
 
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98SteedaStang

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I scrape but not that much and I have cats, they hang even lower. Speed bumps are killer though. Yeah you just have to approch bad curbs or driveways at an angle or really slow. What kind of spring are you guys using? I went with the steeda's and I got about 1 3/4" drop
 

mity2

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i havent scrape mine yet(knock on wood)
 
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03gtmustang

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I got the eibachs, and now since I installed my LT's my exhaust hangs even lower.
 

shaddixstang

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I have 4 speed bumps going into my apartment complex.... Scrape every once in awhile.. Gotta love lowered rides
 

Defleshed

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really? you've gone 100 miles with no code? wow. I think i went a good 10-20 miles, and boob. CHECK ENGINE. so i got a pair of the MIL Eliminators, and, tadaaaa, no more problem.

and as far as scraping your mid pipe... there really isnt a "sure fix" solution besides raising the stang back up. Even on my stock suspension I've scraped my X pipe once or twice on crappy back roads.
 

Defleshed

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really? you've gone 100 miles with no code? wow. I think i went a good 10-20 miles, and boom. CHECK ENGINE. so i got a pair of the MIL Eliminators, and, tadaaaa, no more problem.

and as far as scraping your mid pipe... there really isnt a "sure fix" solution besides raising the stang back up. Even on my stock suspension I've scraped my X pipe once or twice on crappy back roads.
 

white_pony

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it seems like my cats are always touching. I'm getting better at keeping them off the ground, but with Longtubes and a 1.5" drop, it takes some getting used to. It's still worth it though, IMO.
 
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98SteedaStang

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Yeah thats pretty cool that you went 100 miles with no code and no cats. I had the light come on after about 5 months with cats. Typical Bassani problem, but I hear they started useing different cats now. Mils aslo did the trick for me too.
 
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